Monk habits for everyday people : Benedictine spirituality for Protestants /.
by Dennis Okholm.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : : Brazos Press,, c2007..
- 144 p. ; : . ; 22 cm.
What's a good (Protestant Evangelical) boy doin' in a monastery? -- Why Benedictine spirituality for Protestants? -- Learning to listen -- Poverty : sharing the goods -- Obedience : objectifying providence -- Humility : letting go of the mask -- Hospitality : the guest as Christ -- Stability : staying put to get somewhere -- Balance : God in everything -- To change the world! -- A historical afterword: Why the Protestant reformers opposed monasticism.
9781587431852 (pbk.)
Benedictines--Spiritual life. Spirituality. hristian Life.